Finished the “Ribbed for her Pleasure” scarf from Stitch n Bitch. I only had one skein of the Fiesta yarn I wanted to use so I made it half as wide so I could keep the length.

This was using their Watermark blend in the Caribbean color scheme. With the 60% mohair it’s a bit scratchy to wear directly around a sensitive neck but it would look nice with a coat I guess. I was mostly doing this to get my ribbed stitch practice. But doesn’t Winter look cute modeling it for me?

I have to say knitting with a natural fiber is a noticeable change from the acrylic stuff that came in my learn to knit kits. When I first felt the acrylic it just felt like, well, yarn. But after working with it for a while I could feel it get sort of scratchy on my hands. While the mohair is a little scratchier to wear around the neck it was a lot less scratchy on my hands. And I have to keep washing my sweaty little hands more often with the natural blend because I could feel the mohair tighten up with the wet heat.

I know it’s gross but it’s just a physical factor I have to consider. My name is Noelle. I have perpetually sweaty hands and I always have. My main theory is I spent so much of my youth with my hands in clay, paint, and other goop from creating what my elementary school teacher called mudpies but I considered art. I lived through incredible humiliation during ballroom dancing lessons in junior high because gloves were no longer required but I rarely have to rewet my hands when working on a pottery wheel. It’s just a physical part of being me and, well, that’s who you come to this site to read about right?

I have some beautiful Fiesta Rayon Boucle in Tequila Sunrise colors for the loopy decorative scarf I want to make for Jocelyn and I on some giganto size 17 needles but have been having a bit of an adventure with untangling the rat’s nest I made with my first balling yarn by hand experience. I’ve been working on de-tangling and making a decent ball on and off since Saturday. This stuff feels nice and will look wonderful but it’s very good at sticking to itself - except in a ball. It’s very tedious and annoying and I definitely need to stick to the simpler yarns until I get a swift. But I wanna knit that shit so I’m gonna make it into a decent ball if I have to take what’s left of my sanity with it.

About the Project Runway results: Jay’s clothes were beautiful. I enjoyed the handcrafted quilting and knit elements. I’m glad he won. Even though Cody and I nicknamed him the freakshow while watching him in his Ringling Brothers kerchief and giant colored sunglasses. Have to admit this was not a person I would look at and think “Gee, I think I’ll let him tell me what to wear.” But to be fair I usually think most contemporary fashion design is a monumental joke on unsuspecting women with more money than sense or self-worth perpetuated mostly by men who don’t particularly like women anyway. And I don’t mean men that don’t want to have sex with women - I mean men with a serious dislike bordering on complete disdain for women who rely and capitalize on their insecurities. Such a cynic.

Actually I’m not. I just resent like hell being told what to wear by people who dress like I did when I was playing dressup at six years old and don’t have any idea what most American women (hell, women all over the world) have to deal with on a daily basis. If I tried to dress in something they came up with and wore that outside I would be laughed at, propositioned, and/or arrested. And acting like what they’re doing is innovative. What a joke! I actually saw an interstitial during the show tonight saying that the cardigan is hot and can be worn without the twin shell now! When these same people were saying it was all about that fucking twin set a few years ago. Such innovation and creativity! More like manipulation and marketing.

Want to be innovative and creative? Come up with something that’s attractive, affordable, eco-friendly, non-exploitive to women and factory workers, and comfortable for people of all body types. Then I’ll be impressed with your fashion ideas.

And I must admit Jay’s collection came closest to that. So I really am glad he won. I just wish he’d take that stupid shit off his head and stop hiding behind those huge ugly glasses. He actually is a nice looking guy underneath all that crap if you like the stocky Scottish bear thing but he sure is hell-bent on making himself a novelty.

Well, my cynical ass is going back to de-knotting pretty pink and yellow rayon (locally made and hand dyed tyvm) yarn now.